** According to the International Committee on Publishing Ethics (COPE), plagiarism means that the author uses the contents of a published or unpublished work (article, book, thesis, etc.) as such he totally uses it as the same or changes its words with preserving the very writing style of the first party or with a different wording and style, or mentions others' ideas in his article without citing the original source.

*** It does not make any difference in plagiarism if the author reprints his previously published material without citing the original work, or the published or unpublished material of others. In any case, using the works of others without referring to them and considering it as one's own work is considered plagiarism.

The Biannual Journal of "Comparative Studies on the Schools of Jurisprudence and its Principles" strives to prevent any kind of academic plagiarism in articles. Therefore, all the articles are checked and compared through Samim Noor Software before the review process. If it is found that plagiarism has occurred in the article, the article will be rejected.

***If it is found that an author has committed plagiarism after the publication of the article, he will be dealt with according to the laws.

Plagiarism Policy

A close adaptation of the thoughts and statements of other authors, copying in the expression of opinions, structural similarities in the text, ascribing the opinions and results of others without appropriate references, or introducing it as original scientific research, are considered plagiarism. The policy of this Journal is "Dealing with Plagiarism". Therefore, similarity is done through the Samim Noor Software.

Plagiarism simply means using another's work without ascribing it to him or presenting an existing idea from someone else as a new and original work.

The followings are considered plagiarism:

1. Placing others' work as your own
2. Copying someone else's words or ideas without ascribing
3. Giving false information about the source
4. Changing words; copying the sentence structure of a source without mentioning the citation and ascribing
5. Copying large numbers of words or ideas from a source that makes up most of your work, whether you cite it or not.

Images and Figures: Using images, figures and diagrams in your work without obtaining proper permission and providing proper citation is plagiarism. If necessary, the authors must obtain written permission from the owner of the work to use any of the images, figures, etc.

Similarity check by Samim Noor Software and Irandoc Website

The policy of The Biannual Journal of "Comparative Studies on the Schools of Jurisprudence and its Principles" is to deal with academic plagiarism. Therefore, comparison is done through Samim Noor Software and Irandoc Website.

Recommendations for Authors

• Always refer correctly to sources and ideas.
• Fill in and send complete bibliographic information of references and documents.
• Mention all sources mentioned in the text in the bibliography and vice versa.
• Use "quotation" in the use of copy of more than 6 consecutive words.
• Obtain permission from other authors/publishers to reuse copyrighted content.